The weirdest USB drives out there

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I collect USB drives. I am aware how that makes me sound like the most boring person on the planet Don’t worry; I only collect interesting USB drives. Between press kits on USB drives and items included with collector’s edition video games, I’ve amassed a small collection of some genuinely unique and strange USB drives. And some that are just kind of shaped weird.

Before Blizzard’s endless expansions got collector’s editions with mouse pads and soundtracks and art books, they got real love. The Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty and Diablo 3 collector’s editions came with USB drives. Starcraft came with a replica of Jim Raynor’s dog tag, and Diablo came with a USB soulstone with a diablo skull holder. Both came with the previous versions of their respective games, and all the expansions. Way better than in-game pets.

Grand Theft Auto V and Saint’s Row: The Third didn’t have USB drives in their collector’s editions, but gold bar USB keys with their logos on them were out there. One was a press kit, and the other was a GameStop rewards program item, and I don’t know which is which.

A lot of USB press kits are molded rubber objects, either logos or things a company makes, or something thematically tied to the company. Cameras, guitars, cartoon bombs, and my favorite: a Decepticon logo with a light-up jewel in the middle.

Also, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed came with a Mimobot of Marek Starkiller. He’s adorably grumpy. And his sequel was precisely half a game.